stromboli

\stʁɔ̃.bo.li\

/\stʁɔ̃.bo.li\/ noun

The verdict

“stromboli” is uncommon French (frequency #85,293 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,293
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pizza roulée mozzarella, charcuterie italienne tel du salami, de la coppa ou de la bresaola ainsi que des légumes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stromboli · stromboli · French

stromboli · rank #85,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,293
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stridents

Nearest frequency peer: stridents (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « stromboli »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « stromboli » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stromboli
PropertyValue
Headwordstromboli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁɔ̃.bo.li\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stromboli » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).strombolitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « stridents » (#85,292), « stylisation » (#85,294), « stathouder » (#85,291). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stromboli » est au #85,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stromboli is uncommon French at frequency #85,293 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁɔ̃.bo.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pizza roulée mozzarella, charcuterie italienne tel du salami, de la coppa ou de la bresaola ainsi que des légumes.".

stromboli doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is stromboli, spelled S-T-R-O-M-B-O-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pizza roulée mozzarella, charcuterie italienne tel du salami, de la coppa ou de la bresaola ainsi que des légumes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stromboli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour laisser passer l’air durant la cuisson, réalisez des fentes sur le dessus. Cassez un œuf, gardez le jaune et étalez-le à l’aide d’un pinceau de cuisine sur votre stromboli.
  2. Deuxième différence : la forme. On utilise pour le stromboli une pâte rectangulaire qui est roulée puis scellée, tandis que le calzone est une pâte ronde pliée en deux et fermée pour être frite ou cuite au four.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stromboli"?
"stromboli" is spelled S-T-R-O-M-B-O-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁɔ̃.bo.li\.
What does "stromboli" mean?
As a noun, "stromboli" means: Pizza roulée mozzarella, charcuterie italienne tel du salami, de la coppa ou de la bresaola ainsi que des légumes.
How do you pronounce "stromboli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stromboli" is \stʁɔ̃.bo.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stromboli" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stromboli", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list